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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Cairo - Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Adopts Measures to Rationalize Electricity Consumption

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly holds a cabinet meeting to follow up on the executive steps to activate electricity rationalization procedures. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Egypt is seeking to increase its hard currency revenues, as a result of the rise in interest rates on the dollar.

Egypt’s financing needs are increasing despite record revenues achieved from the Suez Canal Authority, which reached USD 7 billion in the last fiscal year, remittances from Egyptians abroad that exceeded USD 31 billion, and gas export revenues that surpassed USD 4 billion in the first four months of 2022.

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